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July 14, 2025
🏒 Hockey
NHL, NHL Players' Association ratify 4-year Collective Bargaining Agreement
The National Hockey League Players’ Association’s full membership and the National Hockey League’s Board of Governors today ratified a four-year Collective Bargaining Agreement, more than a year before the expiration of the current contract. The new agreement runs through the 2029-30 season.
The Memorandum of Understanding Agreement can be found here.
NHL Teams Ignore Everyone And Vote For Another Decentralized Draft
According to Sportsnet, just days after Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said that teams supported the league's move to a "decentralized" draft format, meaning teams stay at home instead of traveling to the draft had support from teams, he's been proven right as a league vote yielded the result of sticking with the format for next year.
This is terrible news for fans, who overwhelmingly hated the new format, which is supposed to help speed things along, but somehow did the exact opposite. The first round of the draft ended up taking more than four hours.
⚾️ Baseball
Twins’ Byron Buxton hits for the cycle, the first at Target Field since the ballpark opened in 2010
Buxton became the first player to hit for the cycle at Target Field since the ballpark opened in 2010, helping ignite the Twins to a 12-4 win over the Pirates.
It was the 12th cycle in Twins history and the first since Jorge Polanco had one in 2019.
Buxton had three hits through three innings — a single in the first, a triple in the six-run second and a double in the third. After singling again in the fifth, he had one more opportunity in the bottom of the seventh.
Nationals make 17-year-old Eli Willits No. 1 overall pick
The Nationals had the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft for the first time in 15 years, and with the coveted selection, they chose the youngest prospect in the class.
The Nats picked shortstop Eli Willits from Fort Cobb-Broxton High School (Okla.). At 17 years and 216 days old, Willits, the No. 5 Draft prospect per MLB Pipeline, is the youngest true prospect in the 2025 class after reclassifying from the class of ‘26.
🏀 Basketball
Cooper Flagg scores nearly half of Mavericks' points in summer league showdown with No. 2 pick Dylan Harper
By his own admission, No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg's summer league debut on Thursday was not up to his standard. In his second outing on Saturday, however, the future of the Dallas Mavericks showed exactly why he's viewed as a generational prospect.
Flagg scored 31 points in 31 minutes in Saturday's showdown with No. 2 overall pick Dylan Harper, as the Mavericks fell to the San Antonio Spurs, 76-69.
His 31 points were the most by a No. 1 pick in the Las Vegas Summer League since John Wall in 2010, and some quick and easy math tells us that Flagg scored nearly half of his team's total -- an impressive feat, even in an exhibition.
Lakers' LeBron James breaks silence on trade rumors with 7-word message
LeBron James has spoken. Sort of.
The Los Angeles Lakers superstar has been the subject of heavy trade rumors since his agent Rich Paul made a statement earlier this month that put some pressure on the Lakers to make good moves the rest of the offseason.
James was at Summer League on Saturday night to watch his son Bronny play.
And while there, James was asked by ESPN's Dave McMenamin if he wanted to join their broadcast for an interview.
LeBron's response:
"I ain't got nothing to talk about."
🏈 Football
Browns rookie running back Quinshon Judkins arrested, charged with domestic violence in Florida
Cleveland Browns rookie Quinshon Judkins was arrested Saturday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in an alleged case of domestic violence, according to Broward County inmate records. The description of the charge in Judkins' inmate details specifies battery and domestic violence via "touch or strike."
A league official said the NFL is "aware of the matter but will decline further comment," per ESPN.
Sergeant David Soika of the Fort Lauderdale police department media relations unit released a statement on Judkins' arrest.
NFLPA leadership backs director Lloyd Howell Jr. amid reports
The NFL Players Association's executive committee, in a message sent to membership, expressed its support for executive director Lloyd Howell Jr. and denied it asked him to resign as it looks into issues reported by ESPN last week.